What estimate he has made of the additional numbers of severely disabled people who would be eligible for assistance from (a) the Independent Living Fund and (b) direct payments from their local authority if the £500 upper limit was (i) raised to £1,000 and (ii) abolished entirely; and what would...

What estimate he has made of the additional numbers of severely disabled people who would be eligible for assistance from (a) the Independent Living Fund and (b) direct payments from their local authority if the £500 upper limit was (i) raised to £1,000 and (ii) abolished entirely; and what would...

What estimate he has made off the annual cost of introducing a maintenance disregard for lone parents on income support and of the numbers who would gain, at a weekly disregard level of (a) £5, (b) £10, (c) £15 and (d) £20.

What estimate he has made off the annual cost of introducing a maintenance disregard for lone parents on income support and of the numbers who would gain, at a weekly disregard level of (a) £5, (b) £10, (c) £15 and (d) £20.

What plans he has to increase the basic rate of retirement pensions.

What plans he has to increase the basic rate of retirement pensions.

If he will update the information given in his Answer of 27th October 1994, Official Report, columns 794-98, by substituting 1996-97 values for current values in columns 4 and 5 of the table, omitting items (i) and (q) and adding the lone parent premium, one parent benefit and the £50...

If he will update the information given in his Answer of 27th October 1994, Official Report, columns 794-98, by substituting 1996-97 values for current values in columns 4 and 5 of the table, omitting items (i) and (q) and adding the lone parent premium, one parent benefit and the £50...

If he will estimate the cost in 1996-97 of raising the incomes of all pensioner units to at least the level of income support; and what would be the annual cost of maintaining pensioners' incomes at that level in real terms for each year until 2001-02, assuming the 1996-97 income...

If he will estimate the cost in 1996-97 of raising the incomes of all pensioner units to at least the level of income support; and what would be the annual cost of maintaining pensioners' incomes at that level in real terms for each year until 2001-02, assuming the 1996-97 income...

If he will estimate the cost in 1996-97 of paying a basic pension supplement to all pensioner units whose total pension income from all sources is less than £67.05 for a single pensioner or £104.10 for pensioner couples, raising their pension incomes to those levels; and what would be the...

If he will estimate the cost in 1996-97 of paying a basic pension supplement to all pensioner units whose total pension income from all sources is less than £67.05 for a single pensioner or £104.10 for pensioner couples, raising their pension incomes to those levels; and what would be the...

If he will estimate the cost in 1996-97 of raising the incomes of all pensioner units to at least the level of income support plus £5 for a single pensioner and £8 for pensioner couples; and what would be the annual cost of maintaining pensioners incomes at that level in...

If he will estimate the cost in 1996-97 of raising the incomes of all pensioner units to at least the level of income support plus £5 for a single pensioner and £8 for pensioner couples; and what would be the annual cost of maintaining pensioners incomes at that level in...

What factors underlie his policy in respect of uprating (a) lone parent premium, (b) one parent benefit, (c) earning limit for invalid care allowance and (d) Social Fund cold weather payment. - Inc figures.

What factors underlie his policy in respect of uprating (a) lone parent premium, (b) one parent benefit, (c) earning limit for invalid care allowance and (d) Social Fund cold weather payment. - Inc figures.

By how much the combined value of child benefit and child dependency increases would have to be raised in April 1996, in cash and percentage terms to restore them to their November 1979 values relative to prices and average earnings for (a) war widows and (b) other widows. - Table...

By how much the combined value of child benefit and child dependency increases would have to be raised in April 1996, in cash and percentage terms to restore them to their November 1979 values relative to prices and average earnings for (a) war widows and (b) other widows. - Table...